'A Timber-Frame House, with Hillside Beyond', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin | Tate

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

A Timber-Frame House, with Hillside Beyond

From Collaborations with Thomas Girtin for Dr Monro, and Other Copies

Date c.1796

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 196 x 245 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D36552

Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 31

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

A Timber-Frame House, with Hillside Beyond c.1796

D36552
Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 31

Pencil and grey wash on white wove paper, 196 x 245 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 31’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner

References

The pencil work is by Girtin.

Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

Read this catalogue entry in full

This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest